Castle in the sky

MPAA rating: PG; for fantasy action violence and peril.Pazu is an engineer's apprentice who finds Sheeta, a young girl, floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant. Together, they discover both are searching for Laputa, a legendary floating castle, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep them from learning the truth.

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This is a wonderful master piece created by Hayao Miyazaki, best enjoyed in original language with subtitles. If you pay attention Miyazaki's movie/anime often has a profound underlying messages. This one shows power.

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The original title is "Laputa, The Castle in The Sky" released in 1986 from Studio Ghibbli, a Hayao Miyaza's animation company, not Disney.
Disney has a large distribution network and put together different dub voice actors, and even took the liberty to add extra dialogues and sounds in moments of silence.
It's not the first time Disney have put their names on other masters works. Take Lion King for example, its semblance is amazingly close to Kimba, The White Lion, which was created by Osamu Tezuka in The 60's, despite that the original artist have not been compensated. I'm simply disgusted at their audacity: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimba_the_White_Lion

This 1986 fantasy/action film is about a young orphan named Sheeta who is kidnapped, and brought on a major adventure that includes pirates, magic, and more. The movie had many fantastic moments that created wonder and had a lot of beautiful special effects. The actors were charming as ever, and really pulled off their roles. What I liked about the movie is how it brought two orphan children together, and combined magic and evil to make things fun and exciting. I would rate this movie 4.5/5 stars and recommend it to those who like family friendly films with a lot of imagination and creativity. @The_Reviewer of the Hamilton Public Library Teen Review Board

There were some very interesting characters in this film: the two main characters (Sheeta & Pazu), a group of pirates who are not what they first appear to be, and a bunch of fabulous robots. The many scenes of violence and destruction did not suit my tastes, but I did enjoy some of the quieter scenes--especially the ones in which Sheeta & Pazu first explore the wonders of Laputa.

I wish I want a glowing pendant that floats down and up like Emily from Amulet and she wears a stonekeeper.

SAPPHIREBEAR15
Jun 17, 2012

In the movie's backstory, human civilizations built flying cities, which were destroyed during an unspecified catastrophe, forcing the survivors to live on the ground as before. Just one city, Laputa, remains in the sky, concealed by a thunderstorm. In the opening scene, an airship travels though the clouds. On board are a girl named Sheeta and Muska, the government agent who abducted her. Without warning, an air pirate gang led by an old but vivacious woman named Dola attack the airship. Like Muska, they want Sheeta and her stone. The pirates invade the ship, and during the ensuing chaos, Sheeta manages to knock Muska unconscious and steals a blue stone. The pirates break into her room, and she tries to hide by escaping out a window and clinging to the outside of the ship. However, she loses her grip and falls into the night sky. As the unconscious Sheeta hurtles toward the ground, the blue stone emits a mysterious light slowing Sheeta's descent. From a small mining town (Slag's Ravine), a young boy named Pazu sees the light of the stone descending from the sky and runs to investigate. Upon reaching the mineshaft, he reaches out to catch the falling girl. To his amazement, she appears weightless (that is, until the stone stops glowing). Pazu decides to take her to his home. He tells Sheeta about the floating city of Laputa and his deceased father, a pilot who had taken a photograph of the city.